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Headword: Αὐτότατος
Adler number: alpha,4529
Translated headword: his very self
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "that man himself? His very self."[1] A pronoun, but played upon comically; for indefinites do not permit superlatives. If then the pronoun is used for "the self", then in accordance with this it does not permit a comparison, as do the other parts [of speech].[2]
Greek Original:
Αὐτότατος: Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ: ἐκεῖνος αὐτός; αὐτότατος. ἀντωνυμία, πέπαικται δὲ κωμικῶς: τὰ γὰρ ἀόριστα τῶν πραγμάτων ἀνεπίτατα. εἰ οὖν ἡ ἀντωνυμία ἐπὶ οὐσίας παραλαμβάνεται, κατὰ τοῦτο ἐπίτασιν οὐ δέχεται, ὡς τὰ ἄλλα μέρη.
Notes:
[1] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 83 (web address 1 below), with scholion.
[2] An exact parallel for autotatos here is Latin ipsissimus (in Plautus and elsewhere).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 August 2001@02:39:31.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 8 August 2001@05:09:16.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 4 May 2012@03:53:44.
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